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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR STEEL PUNT WATER SUPPLY DYNAMITED Huge Relie f Bill Is Passed And Sent To White House As New Tax Dodgers Are Named SPENDING BILL TO BE LAW AS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT Compromise, Already Pass ed by Senate, Forbids Naming of Salaries and Positions ALFRED SLOAN HAD HOLDING COMPANY Committee Is Told He and His Wife Saved $1,900,000 In Taxes in Three Years in That Way; Raskob’s Wife, Another DuPont and Henry Doherty Cited Washington, June 29. —(AP) —The House sent the administration sl,- 500.000.000 relief bill to the White House today for approval. It completed congressional action on the measure by adopting recom mendations of conferees in settlement of differences between the House and Snate. The recommendation struck out a Senate amendment that would have required the PWA to make public names, positions and salaries of all administrative officials. The bill authorized extension of the PWA for two more years and allot ted it 5359,000,000 for grants for pub lic works projects. The Senate approved the confer ence report yesterday. SLOAN, DOIIEBTY, RASKOB NAMED IN TAX DODGING Washington, June 29.—(AP) —A Se curities Commission attorney told a congressional tax inquiry committee today that Alfred Sloan, Jr., chairman of General Motors Corporation, and Mrs. Sloan had saved approximately 51.900,000 in taxes from 1934 to 1936 by the use of personal holding com panies. Abe Fortas, the commission’s ex- Continued on Page Five.) JONES AND PERSON VOTING ON LIQUOR Alamance and Stokes Counties Wait Until August 17 To Make De cision at Polls Raleigh, June 29.—(AP)—Jones and Person county voters decided today whether ,they wanted liquor stores and the Alamance and Stokes county electorates waited for August 17 to mark their .ballots. In both Jones and Person counties the campaign was listless. In neither did the wets make a public plea. In Jones county the drys held three ral lies; in Person only one. The drys had workers a all jjplls today, however. Patrol Plan About Spain Is Rejected Germany and Italy Turn Down British- French Scheme To Guard Coasts London, June 29.—(AP)— Germany and Italy flatly rejected today a plan by Great Britain and France to patrol all of Spain’s coasts in the interest of neutrality. , „ Soviet Russia, one of the “big five on th<a European non-intervention sub-cor.amittee, approved the proposal. The blunt refusal of Count Dino Grand i, Italian ambassador to Lon don, and Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Gentian ambassador, brought a speedy end to the sub-committee s ses sion, whi'*ch lasted less than two hours The sG'b-committee is scheduled to meet again Friday to consider fur ther decisions of the various powers. In addit ion to France, Britain, Ger many, Italy and Soviet Russia, the other members of the nine-power sub committee are Belgium, Portugal, Czechoslovakia and Sweden. HENDERSON.!*. ft ’ Mvttsatt&Bn &mlxx Utstmirit LE t A h S I D a oq SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED press. Chautemps Ministry Is Given Confidence Vote In Grave French Crisis Chamber of Deputies Backs New Cabinet 393 to 142 In Efforts To Save Nation’s Financial Structure; Vote Comes Amid Talk of Devaluation Paris, June 29. —(AP))— The new government of Camille Chautemps, struggling to save France’s financial structure, won a vote of confidence today from the Chamber of Deputies, 393 to 142. Chautemps won the vote on his demand that Chamber questioning of the government be postponed until his urgent demand for sweeping fin ancial powers is disposed of. This demand will be voted on later. He is asking for the “necessary powers” to re-establish France’s fiscal structure on a firm basis and restore the country’s confidence in itself by MO =X Anglo - Franco - American Pact Holds Despite French Gold Suspension Washington, June 29. —(AP) —Trea- sury officials said today the mone tary agreement ifcetween France, Great Britain and the United States remained in force despite temporary suspension of the Frenchman’s right to exchange his paper money for gold. They predicted 'the participating nations would act, if necessary, to prevent upsets in the relation between dollar, pound and franc during the French crisis. For the time being, the French government has stopped the exchange of francs for other monies, the process used in buying and selling goods between nations. Since this three-nation effort to give money a steadier day-in and day out value was launched last Septem ber, some American authorities have voiced concern over the heavy inflows of money into the United States. It was learned today that the Unit ed States, Britain and France now hold four-fifths of all the gold known to be in the vaults of governments, and their official or semi-official banks, such as the American Federal Reserve System and the Bank of Eng land. MODERATE GAINS IN STOCKS ARE EVIDENT Nearly All Divisions Share Mild Ad vance But Profit-Taking Pares Down Gains New York, June 29 (AP) —The stock market edged into moderately higher ground today, with steel and rail shares in the forefront of demand. Nearly all divisions shared in the mild advances. Toward the fourth hour however, some profit-selling appeared and gains were pared. France’s su spension of gold payments seeme to have little effect, the move long having been expected. Brokers re ported modest buying on balance from abroad, but no evidence of a rush for American securities. Indications that backlogs of the steel mills were larger than expected aroused buying interests in this sec tion. Carrier shares benefited from a “sold out” condition, brokers said, as well as from the belief new wage de mands would be postponed until the Interstate Commerce Commission had ruled on requests from higher freight rates. Profit-taking in the final hours shav ed gains somewhat. Volume approximated 600,000 shares American Radiator 18 3-4 American Telephone IJO American Tob B ™ j" Atlantic Coast Line - tt Atlantic Refining Bendix Aviation ... IT Bethlehem Steel “ Columbia Gas & Elec 10 5-8 Continental Oil Co ... J" \ „ DuPont ... ••• ; “J General Electric f General Motors ... ... • ™ Liggett & Myers B ... Montgomery Ward & Co ...... 54 Reynolds Tob B U S Steel Jb ** ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ending speculation abuses, conserving gold reserves, balancing the budget, watching over prices and “reviving national economy.” The vote came amid talk of new franc devaluation, with the country temporarily and technically off the gold standard. The new Peoples Front government was reported seeking aid of the Unit ed States and Great Britain to stem the flight of gold from France. Parliamentary circles disclosed this was one of the first acts of the week old government of Premier Chau temps to deal with the financial crisis. Son relief Many Southern Democrats Oppose and Northern Democrats Favor By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 29.—1 tis true that President Roosevelt won his Sen ate fight for a $1,500,000,000 relief ap propriation by a 49-to-34 (13 absen tees) majority, which was adequate. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. If it had been strictly a party vote the result should have been 66 Demo crats versus 14 Republicans, not count ing the absentees or three others who did vote —a Farmer-Laborite, a Pro gressive and an Independent. That would have been more than adequate; it would have been over whelming. One-Third Deserted. Administrationists argue that the President did win overwhelmingly (44 faithful Democrats against 22 Demo cratic bolters). Two-to-one. Pretty good, according to the administrationistic reckoning. Yes, but put it another way. One third of the President’s own party members deserted. That’s quite a large proportion. Southerners Bolt That isn’t the whole story, either. Southern senators, if any senators at all, are supposed to be thick-and thin Democrats—simply inseparable from any Democratic administration, regardless of anything and everything Yet, of those 22 bolters, 15 were from southern or border states —the former, hitherto, always, and the lat ter generally 100 per cent Democratic President Roosevelt won because he got the votes of most of the north ern Democratic senators* He got the votes of senators from states which, in the past; generally have been Republican. For example, he got two lowa votes. I grew up in that state. Until recent years it was as Republican as Virginia always has been deemed Democratic. Today Vir ginia has two Democratic senators voting against a Democratic presiden tial policy. And two lowa senators vote in its favor. Roosevelt likewise got three New England ballots, a couple from South Dakota, one each from Pennsylvania and Michigan—the votes of senators frofn formerly (and recently) solidly Republican territory. Those are rather conspicuous in consistencies. Plenty of others are not much less so. It looks almost as if the North were turning Democratic and the South were turning Republican. IP WEATHER MAN ,9* FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday, probably showers In south and central poritions. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1937 Men Return as Union Protests As additional workers returned to Ohio steel plants, reopened under guard of the Ohio militia, a delegation of union leaders from throughout the state went to Columbus to riotest to Governor Martin L. Davey his use of the na tional guard. This photo shows men entering a Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Plant in Youngstown. Japan Again Faces Crisis With Russia Evacuation of Amur River Islands Is De manded by Japa nese Military Tokyo, June 29.—<AP) —The Japan ese government invoked the mutual assistance pact between Japan and Manchuokuo today and served a vigor ous protest on the Soviet government against the alleged invasion of the Sennufa and Boshio islands in the Amur river. Members of the Japanese military high command said they took a grave view of the situation. Their action, they added, would depend on the tone of the reply from Moscow. The protest was presented to the Soviet government by the Japanese ambassador to Russia. Japan asserted the islands in the river belong to Manchuokuo and she their immediate evacua tion. 'Sex Fiend* HuntedFor 3 Murders \ Ingelwood, Cal., June 29.—(AP) — Search for a “sex fiend” who lured three small girls from a park, at tacked and choked them to death, centered around fashionable Beverly Hills today after a butler reported a frantic blood-stained young man tried to sell him an automobile for sls. The butler, in a Bell Air residential district adjoining Beverly Hills, said the youth appeared desperate when he rang the door bell last night. “I’ve got to sell my car,” the but ler quoted him. “I’ve got to sell it. I’ll take sls and you can have it.” When the butler hesitated, the man added quickly, “All right, I’ll take $10.” • When the butler went into the house, ostensibly to get the money, Continued on Page Five.) CIO UNIONS MAKING LITTLE HEADWAY IN STATE’S FACTORIES High Pressure Organizers from Outside Making Little Impression In Industry WORKERS PARTIAL TO OWN BARGAINS Have More Confidence In Employers, As Rule, Than In Group, Some Foreign- Born, From Outside .Try ing To Dictate Policies of Labor In State Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Itv J BASkvEfIVILI. Raleigh June 29 —Labor in North Carolina is refusing to get all het up about the CIO and is not going to plunge pell mell after John L. Lewis and his organizers because it is too intelligent to go into anything new without investigating it, according to the belief of those here who havelieen keeping in close touch with the labor front in every part of the State. If most of the laboring classes in North Carolina were composed of foreigners with little or no education and with highly infiammdble emotions, as is the case in some other states, the sit uation here would admittedly be dan gerous. But most of the laboring people in the factories and mills in North Carolina are native born Tar- Heels, who have gone to school in the state’s public schools long enough to learn something about the law of sup ply and demand and that nothing can be gained by biting the hand that feeds them, it is pointed out. So it is that most observers here feel that North Carolina is not going to have very much trouble with strikes and labor disorders right now, despite the fact that Roy R. Lawrence and his CIO organizers are turning on all the heat they can in a number of sectors to compel mill employes to join the CIO Union and thus compel the mill owners to recognize the CIO union as the only bargaining agency between them and their employers. It is pointed out that the Lumberton strike, instigated by CIO organizers, has almost completely fizzled out as most of the mill employes have re- Continued on Page Two.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. CIO UNION LEADER HUNTED BY POLICE IN VIOLENCE DRIVE Rules Louis Must Fight Sclimelling New York, June 29(AP) —Meet- ing in solemn session today, the New York State Athletic. Commis sion decided Joo Louis must be recognized as world heavyweight champion, hut said the Detroit Negro would he able to get a li cense to fight In this State only If he agrees to a title defense against Max Schmeling. “Os course, if Schmeling will not fight him,” added Brigadier Gen eral John Phelan, commission chairman, “that puts another color to the situation.” Mediation Unable To End Strike Steel Arbitration Board Headed By Taft Telis Perkins Board Has Failed Washington, Jane 29.— (AP) Secretary Perkins said today the government’s efforts to mediate the steel strike had collapsed. She added, however, she was studying the industrial dk pute to deter mine if further mediatory steps are possible. The Federal mediation board re ported to Secretary Perkins that a “man-to-man discussion around the conference table” would be necessary to break the steel strike deadlock. The report was made ready for Miss Perkins after Charles Taft, board chairman and Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward McGrady, a board mem her, had conferred with her. The labor secretary said that in the report the board was reiterating its opinion that a conference between steelc orporation officials and leaders of the Committee for Industrial Or ganization would serve as a method to break the stalemate. Earlier Miss Perkins had told news men that, although efforts to mediate the strike, had collapsed, she was still studying the situation to determine if further nlediatory steps are possible. SLIGHT GAINS ARE SHOWN FOR COTTON Prices Fluctuate Actively During Day’s Trading on New York Cot ton Exchange New York, June 29. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened barely steady, 9 to 18 points lower on easier Liverpool cables, the French finance situation and July notices. Shortly after the first half hour, October sold at 12.19 and prices v/ere generally 3 to 11 points net lower. By midday Octob er, which advanced to 12.26, sold at 12.22 and the general list was seven points net lower to one higher. Cotton futures closed steady, 4 to 6 points higher, Spots steady, mid dling 12.56. Open Close July 12.02 12.16 October 12.12 12.21 December 12.11 12.17 January 12.15 12.20 March 12.20 12.25 May 12.21 12.25 MASS MOVEMENTS Can’t Place Every Person on Dead Level, He Says at Macon Home Buck Springs Plantation, Warren County June *29 Hoey warned here today that “mass move ments cannot take the place of inde pendence and initiative of the individ ual, and we shall lose much when we adopt a policy which seeks to place every person on a dead level.” Speaking at the old homeplace of Nathaniel Macon, one-time speaker of the national House of Representatives, on the occasion of the 100th anniver (Continued OR Page Three.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Gus Hall Painted As Master Mind Instigator of Des perate Plot Os Terrorism STRIKE DEATHS ARE TOTAL OF THIRTEEN Bethlehem Plant At Johns town, Where Water Sup ply Is Dynamited, May Be Forced To Close Two Weeks as Result; State Po lice Block All Roads Warren,. Ohio,. June. 29. —(AP) — Dynamite blasted the steel strike wide open today. It sundered two vital pipe lines that feed water to Bethlehem Steel’s Cambria works at Johnstown, Pa., threatening tremendous damage and menacing thousands of jobs. But at Warren, ricocheting from last week’s violence, it impaled the name of one CIO leader, the brawny Gus Hall on a warrant that paints him as the master mind and instiga tor of a desperate plot of terrorism and destruction. At Beaver, Falls, Va., one more death was recorded. Operations were crippled at the Cambria works. Total of 13 Deaths. Deaths now total 13 in the strike called May 26 by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee against the Republic Steel Corporation, Youngs town Sheet & Tube and the Inland Steel Company, and two weeks ago against Bethlehem Steel. George Mike, 45, died at Beaver Falls of a fractured skull received yesterday in a clash between pickets and deputy sheriffs at the Moltrup Steel Products Company plant. Frank Miltrup, president of the company, said it was “too bad;” that “the entire blame rests with the pickets.” There was no attempt to reopen the Moltrup plant today. May Close for Two Weeks. The two explosions at Johnstown, ripping away pipe lines suppjying water to the big Franklin mill and the Gautier plants, major units of the Cambria works, may mean the closing of the entire works for two weeks. General Manager C. R. Elliott, or dered five blast furnaces banked, and closed 15 open hearths and the Frank lin rolling mill. Water was tem porarily turned into the company’s lines from the Johnstown system. Two hundred State police closed every road leading to the works. Thus, on both the Pennsylvania and Ohio fronts, quiet for days, every (Cent 1 ' ued on Page Five) Robt. Erwin Indicted By Grand Jury New York’s Triple Killer of Easter Sun day To Face Death Chair Charges New York, June 29 ten minutes after Mrs. Ethel Kudner completed her story of the mad im pulse which led Robert Irwin to kill her mother, her sister and a lodger last Easter Sunday, a New York coun ty grand jury handed up three in dictments today charging the eccen tric sculptor with first degree murder. Still showing signs of the fear in which she had lived since the triple killings on Beekman Hill, Mrs. Kud ner went before the grand jury short ly before noon. Five police officers followed in quick succession, and Dis trict Attorney William Dodge emerg ed with the indictments. Insanity, it was expected, would be the defense of the 29-year-old former divinity student and erstwhile mental patient. Dodge chose as his star witness Mrs. Kudner sister of the beautiful “Ron nie” Gedeon, artist model, and daught er of another victim. Mrs. Mary Ge deon. Irwin’s confession listed her as the original sole intended object of murder, and as one he “loved and hated,” whose death he believed would bring “the way out” of his mental sufferings. He “borrowed’ ’the lives of the two Gedeons and a roomer, he said, in a plan to take the life of Mrs. Kudner. _
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